In her debut cookbook, Anne presents 125 rustic yet elegant recipes, all based on accessible ingredients, along with encouraging notes and handy professional tricks, as seen in Anne’s show. Delicious first courses include Pumpkin Soup With Allspice Whipped Cream and Garlic Steamed Mussels. If you’re craving pasta, Anne’s Sweet and Spicy Sausage Ragù or Killer Mac and Cheese With Bacon will blow you away.

You can pre-order a copy right now, but we’d like to give you a chance to win one for free. All you have to do is comment on this post by telling us which one of Anne’s recipes is your favorite and why. We’re giving away five copies of her cookbook to randomly selected and very lucky commenters.

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